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Publications Enterprising care?
What does it mean to be a volunteer in the UK today? More and more is being expected of volunteers and the voluntary sector in the UK. This book, based on ESRC-funded research, seeks to add new insights into individual action in that part of the economy that is beyond the state and the market. The authors examine volunteering from the perspective of the individual, the organisation, and the community. n Enterprising Care? Unpaid voluntary action in the 21st century by Irene Hardill and Susan Baines. ISBN: 978-1847427-21- 2, (hardback), 216pp, £56.00. For more
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Making modern mothers
Researchers from the ESRC Timescapes Qualitative Longitudinal Initiative address what motherhood means today. This book draws on interviews with new mothers and generations of women in the same family, and documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time.
By developing understandings of how becoming a mother changes women’s identities, it reveals unique insights into the transition to motherhood. The book also explores the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy. n Making modern mothers by Rachel Thomson, Mary Jane Kehily, Lucy Hadfield and Sue Sharpe. ISBN 978-1847426-04- 8, (paperback), 328pp, £13.59. For more
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The Scottish National Party
This book is a study of the SNP immediately after it came to power in May 2007. It is based on an ESRC-funded survey of the entire membership and elite interviews with over 80 senior party figures. The study questions the value of the civic-ethnic dichotomy in understanding nationalism and the picture emerges of a coherent left-of-centre party that accepts the pragmatism of its leadership. While independence remains the key motivation for joining and being active, a sizeable minority see the party as a means of furthering Scottish interests. n The Scottish National Party, Transition to Power by James Mitchell, Lynn Bennie and Rob Johns. ISBN 978- 0199580-00-2, (hardback), 224pp, £30.00. For more information visit ukcatalogue.oup. com/product/
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The Migration Debate
Sarah Spencer, Deputy Director for the ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, contributes to one of the most contested issues in Europe. This book provides a well-balanced, critical analysis of UK migration policies, in a European context, from entry controls through to integration and citizenship.
Exploring the pressures and constraints that have shaped the policy terrain, this overview offers policy options as the foundation for a better-informed public debate. The migration debate will be of equal value to policymakers and a multidisciplinary academic readership. n The migration debate by Sarah Spencer. ISBN
978-1847422-85-9, (paperback), 228pp, £11.99.
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9781847422859 AUTUMN 2011 SOCIETY NOW 31 SPRING 2011
EVENTS 8 DECEMBER
The role of older citizens in community building
This seminar will focus on the unpaid voluntary work of older adults and will examine wider questions such as what are inclusive communities and how best can we achieve them, and how the interplay of childhood, family, community and wider society influences inequalities in wellbeing. This seminar is the first in a series of joint seminars with the Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) and Northumbria University, focusing on various issues related to volunteering. visit
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citizens-seminar.aspx
12 DECEMBER
Big Society – A Critical Reappraisal
This seminar will build on a previous event entitled Big Society Evidence Seminar, jointly organised by the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) in October 2010. The seminar will cover the Coalition Government and the Big Society policy agenda. It will review the impact of Big Society politics and policies eighteen months on from the 2010 election – in particular focusing upon the implications of the Big Society for third sector practice and the relationships between third sector organisations and the state. Visit www.
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19-24 JULY 2012
2012 International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport
The 2012 International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport is the 2012 Olympic Games’ associated scientific convention, taking place in Glasgow just before the Opening Ceremonies. The Convention will replace and expand the scope of the former four-yearly Congresses for sport scientists and academics. The event brings together sport and exercise scientists, world-leading experts and policymakers from all disciplines, as well as including extensive public engagement and publication programmes. For more information, visit
www.icsemis2012.com
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